Reed College - Griffin Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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'.':Z 3.'7'!7:rlrfrrrtrr'r-i-y v...n--rr.-.-;-F9og-w--c.a.. REED COLLEGE ADUQUAJ mood than Sprcdz'ng the News, but was presented with equal success. It is a miracle play of Christmas time, reHecting the belief in the unreal and mysterius which plays so great a part in the rural Irish community. Its very nature made it difficult to play, but the cast was equal to the task, and succeeded in aid- ing the audience to appreciate, in their presentation, that pecu- liar quality of the imagination which makes the Gaelic folklore appealing. The cast was: The Traveling Man ....................... Howard Barlow A XVoman ................................ Arlien Johnson A Child ................................ Pauline Alderman 6659 Man of Destiny Perhaps no one of the plays which the Drama Club has staged has been more admirably adapted to the materials at hand than The Alan of Destiny by Bernard Shaw, presented February eighteenth, 1914. The social room of the men,s dora mitory, where the play was given, with its dark oak paneling and dim staircase in the background, formd an excellent set- ting for the quaint old Italian in in which the action takes place. The incident upon which the play is based is supposed to be taken from the life of Napoleon during one Of his early Italian campains, but as is caracteristic 0f the work of this dramatist, the interest centers in the dialog rather than in the story itself. The manner in which the cast carried their parts shoed that they not only cant the spirit of the play but appre- ciated the skil and wit of the satire. :L;c Ln; :yH'uH. 3155.551. m:.g..1.u.;..ur.:. ICUIVII'I',V.'--rr .th-u-pqvh'v .w -r .- ..a.....- a 1915 WI The preface to the play, in which the author explains his own purpose and the historical setting of the action with car- acteristic ironical wit was converted into a prolog and red by Harry VVembridge in the guise of Shaw himself. This was an innovation which servd to create the proper atinosfere for the action. The cast: Napoleon ...... , ............................ Arthur Caylor The Lady .................................. Lois Williams The Lieutenant .............................. Edgar Piper Guiseppe ................................. Wynn Redman z'.fa.3:a'is::3-'rl$ 519735: musk: 11.352.

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:1 3:222:23 .mwzmmgngmrgzr 2125:2326: . : mmazza' L .M'fETuTW'Wng'E'Erifzntztt l114l REED COLLEGE ANNUAL + 1915 bringing out the worth of the plays themselvs thru the direct- a unified effect rather than to hav one part stand out more ness and truthfulness of their presentation. The performance prominently than any other. The players wer: was preceded by a talk upon the work and aims Of the Irish Bartley Fallon ............................. Harold Golder players, given by Professor Hammond. BOth plays wer pre- Mrs. Fallon ............................... Mary Brownlie ; sented with the utmost care. Sprcding the News was a very Jack Smith ................................. Lindsley Ross real comedy depicting the proneness of human nature to pas 1.121116?f Ryan ---------------------------- Stelfhenscifl Smith -- . - ' C, - rs. ar e ............................... rma onecrren on an exc1t1ng blt Of g0551p. Those takmb part enterd into Mrs. Tulfliyy ............. .. ................ Adele Bibault Magistrate ................................ William Schell A Policeman .............................. Archibald Clark Mrs. Early .............................. Alta Armstrong The second play, The Traveling Man: was in a more serius uh 3 ii i w: ' h . I : n V I t. it with enthusiasm, and put into their parts such tru Gaelic feel- : ing, that the little play left the audience the impression of having , i seen a bit of real Irish life. The entire cast workt to present assuumwwwmiwuuagguaiw

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